Blog: The Big Ticket

how to disappear completely

Right, so I pretty much abandoned this lil corner of the interwebs a long time ago. Will I boot it back up again? Perhaps, I've said I would plenty of times. Until then, you can still find me elsewhere online (if you care to do so): MySpace : Facebook : Twitter : Flickr : Tumblr

all in the game, indeed

The Wire Season Five (5) HBO Teaser Promo
MP3 Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover) Apologies for the unofficial hiatus here @ The Big Ticket. Weddings, birthdays & shows galore have come & gone, and yet Keith Olbermann has remained atop the page. Ugh. Anyway, here's a teaser for the 5th & final season of HBO's The Wire , whose way-too-good-for-the-Emmys 4th season DVD will be in stores December 4th. Season 5 premieres on HBO January 6th, 2008. The theme song, performed this [...]
Artist:Steve Earle
Link Text:Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover)
File Name:earle_waydownhole.mp3
Year:2007

all in the game, indeed

MP3 Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover) Apologies for the unofficial hiatus here @ The Big Ticket. Weddings, birthdays & shows galore have come & gone, and yet Keith Olbermann has remained atop the page. Ugh. Anyway, here's a teaser for the 5th & final season of HBO's The Wire , whose way-too-good-for-the-Emmys 4th season DVD will be in stores December 4th. Season 5 premieres on HBO January 6th, 2008. The theme song, performed this [...]
Link Text:Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover)
File Name:earle_waydownhole.mp3

olbermann: resign, bush/cheney

Keith Olbermann's latest special comment re: Libby pardon commutation is a must-see, as per usual. Video also downloadable @ Crooks & Liars . Happy 4th, y'all.

olbermann: resign, bush/cheney

Keith Olbermann's latest special comment re: Libby pardon commutation is a must-see, as per usual. Video also downloadable @ Crooks & Liars . Happy 4th, y'all.

rana flashback: here in the usa

While my favorite band may be defunct for now (though offshoot Sam Champion is likely on the rise ), I finally uploaded this old recording of them to YouTube ... RANA @ CBGB, New York, NY, 6/14/02 Good Book, Remember My Address, Not So Mopso, Skin and Bone, Ghetto Queen*, My One Dear Son, Sad and Lonesome, For Some Time, Carbombed Again, I'm Not Orfeo, It's So Hard (Believe Me), Loves It Automatic, I'm Comin' Correct, Bye Bye Love**, Bought and Sold***, Tampa in the Rain***, I Wanna Rock****, [...]

rana flashback: here in the usa

While my favorite band may be defunct for now (though offshoot Sam Champion is likely on the rise ), I finally uploaded this old recording of them to YouTube ... RANA @ CBGB, New York, NY, 6/14/02 Good Book, Remember My Address, Not So Mopso, Skin and Bone, Ghetto Queen*, My One Dear Son, Sad and Lonesome, For Some Time, Carbombed Again, I'm Not Orfeo, It's So Hard (Believe Me), Loves It Automatic, I'm Comin' Correct, Bye Bye Love**, Bought and Sold***, Tampa in the Rain***, I Wanna Rock****, [...]

and three whole years passed by

and three whole years passed by It's been almost three months since I began writing this post, which was to commemorate the third blogiversary here @ The Big Ticket (previous years' posts: 2005 & 2006 ), but the ensuing craziness that has come with moving into a new apartment this month (COUGARS!) & the delay in getting proper internets set up there has kept me from actually getting around to finishing it. But today is the day, it has to be. So let's celebrate! MP3 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Birthday Party" [...]
Artist:Bishop Allen
Title:Click Click Click Click
Link Text:Bishop Allen - "Click Click Click Click"
File Name:ClickClickClickClick.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Title:The Birthday Party
Link Text:Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Birthday Party"
File Name:gmflashf5_bdayparty.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1981
Artist:Tweeds
Title:I Need That Record
Link Text:Tweeds - "I Need That Record"
File Name:tweeds_needthatrecord.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2004

and three whole years passed by

and three whole years passed by It's been almost three months since I began writing this post, which was to commemorate the third blogiversary here @ The Big Ticket (previous years' posts: 2005 & 2006 ), but the ensuing craziness that has come with moving into a new apartment this month (COUGARS!) & the delay in getting proper internets set up there has kept me from actually getting around to finishing it. But today is the day, it has to be. So let's celebrate! MP3 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Birthday Party" [...]

screw your case of the mondays

screw your case of the mondays MP3 Feist - "I Feel It All" From Feist 's fabulous forthcoming full-length, The Reminder , scheduled to be released on May 1st. More info @ All Things Feist . MP3 MC/VL - "Cold Check It!" via The Current From local throwbacks (and friends-of-blog) MC/VL 's debut STANCE , available now at Twin Cities' finer independent music stores . On [...]
Artist:Feist
Title:I Feel It All
Link Text:Feist - "I Feel It All"
File Name:feist_ifeelitall.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Mc/Vl
Title:Cold Check It!
Link Text:MC/VL - "Cold Check It!"
File Name:20070302_mc_vl_cold_check_it.m p3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007

screw your case of the mondays

screw your case of the mondays MP3 Feist - "I Feel It All" From Feist 's fabulous forthcoming full-length, The Reminder , scheduled to be released on May 1st. More info @ All Things Feist . MP3 MC/VL - "Cold Check It!" via The Current From local throwbacks (and friends-of-blog) MC/VL 's debut STANCE , available now at Twin Cities' finer independent music stores . On [...]

sounds great, except for the vh1 part

From the Channel 101 team & media mogul Jack Black comes Acceptable.TV , coming March 23rd to VH1 (in case you hadn't heard): BTW: New 101 eps are now up, with swears & everything.

sounds great, except for the vh1 part

From the Channel 101 team & media mogul Jack Black comes Acceptable.TV , coming March 23rd to VH1 (in case you hadn't heard): BTW: New 101 eps are now up, with swears & everything.

olbermann breaks down condi

In case you missed it, here's KO's latest special comment from earlier this week, re: Condi Rice's false comparison between Iraq & WWII (video via Crooks & Liars ).

olbermann breaks down condi

In case you missed it, here's KO's latest special comment from earlier this week, re: Condi Rice's false comparison between Iraq & WWII (video via Crooks & Liars ).

bigtix07

bigtix07 M4A BigTix06 [128 kbps / 75.2mb / running time: 79:55 min] LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" The Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" Andrew Bird - "Dark Matter" Low - " Breaker " ( MP3 via Sub Pop ) The God Damn Doo Wop Band - "Jonny" The Long Blondes - " Giddy Stratospheres " ( YouTube ) Deerhoof [...]
Artist:Blonde Redhead
Title:23
Link Text:MP3
File Name:blonderedhead_23.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Deerhoof
Title:The Perfect Me
Link Text:MP3
File Name:deerhoof-perfect.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Escort
Title:Starlight
Link Text:MP3
File Name:Escort-Starlight.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Low
Title:Breaker
Link Text:MP3
File Name:3106.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Sally Shapiro
Title:I know
Link Text:MP3
File Name:iknow.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Title:The Sons Of Cain
Link Text:MP3
File Name:3739.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007

bigtix07

bigtix07 M4A BigTix07 [128 kbps / 75.2mb / running time: 79:55 min] LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" The Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" ( MP3 via Pitchfork ) Andrew Bird - "Dark Matter" Low - " Breaker " ( MP3 via Sub Pop ) The God Damn Doo Wop Band - "Jonny" The Long Blondes - " [...]
Link Text:MP3
File Name:02_Keep_The_Car_Running.mp3

olbermann on escalation, sacrifice

Keith Olbermann scores another pair of KO's with his latest special comments, about President Bush's Wednesday nite speech and its call for "sacrifice." Both videos are available for download via Crooks & Liars , as per usual.

olbermann on escalation, sacrifice

Keith Olbermann scores another pair of KO's with his latest special comments, about President Bush's Wednesday nite speech and its call for "sacrifice." Both videos are available for download via Crooks & Liars , as per usual.

yeah, that's the ticket! 2k6

M4A Yeah, That's The Ticket! 2K6 [128 kbps / 75.5mb / 79:52 min] Junior Boys - "So This is Goodbye" Hot Chip - "Over & Over" Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Alala" Gnarls Barkley - "Transformer" The Knife - "Silent Shout" The Strokes - "You Only Live Once" Camera Obscura - "Hey Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful" Belle & Sebastian - "We Are The Sleepyheads" M. Ward - "Chinese Translation" Beirut - "Postcards From Italy" Love is All - "Felt [...]
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